Street signal device



Jan. 12 1926. 1,569,428

E. J. LA RABEE STREET SIGNAL DEVICE Filed Jan. 50, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l NORTH STREET NUMBER STREET NAME CH ICAGIO 4V5.

' BY INVENTOR I ATTORNEY Jan. 12 1926.

E. J. LARABEE STREET SIGNAL DEVICE Filed Jan. 30, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORN EY Patented Jan. 12, 192451 EDWARD J. LABABEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STREET SIGNAL DEVICE.

Application filed January 30, 1924. Serial No. 689,510.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. LARABEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Street Signal Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a signal device and more particularly to a signal device that will indicate the streets as they are approached and has for its primary object the construction and arrangement of parts whereby this result can be accomplished with the most simple construction possible.

An object of the invention is the construction of a signal device which will be automatically operated in the travel of a car and may be manually operated when found necessary. I

Besides the above my invention is distinguished in the combination of two signal devices one automatically operated and the other manually operated and directly driving the automatic mechanism from the axle of a car.

Vith these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation, showing the association of the various parts.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the casing on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4. i

Fig. 4.- is a sectional view on the line 4a'r of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional. view of the driving gear. I

Figure 6 is a transverse section taken thru the car axle illustrating the operative connection of the driving mechanism thereto.

Again referring to the drawing illustrating one of the many constructions of my invention the numeral 1 designates a casing in the front wall of which is formed a plurality of sight openings'2, 3 and 4. Mounted within the casing is a pair of rollers 5 and 6 .upon which is wound an apron 7 that has printed thereon certain indicia such as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1., A roll 8 is arranged at the top of the casing and has printed thereon suitable indicia such as North, South, East and lVest, and this roll is manually adjusted by the knob 9 arranged exteriorly of the casing. Rollers 5 and 6 have a gear connection 10 with each other so as to have positive driving action and one of the gears of this connec tion meshes with an adjustable driving gear 11. This gear 11 is connected to a stub shaft 12 and forms one of the terminals of a flexible shaft 13. This flexible shaft 13 has its other terminal connected to a gear 1 1 meshing with a gear 15 on the car axle 16. A sleeve 17 is mounted on the stub shaft 12 and is connected to an arm 18 which is pivotally mounted for swinging movement as indicated at 19. Spring 20 is located to resiliently force the arm 18 in a direction to position gear 11 in mesh with the drive connection heretofore described. One of the rollers 5 has connected thereto a hand wheel 21 whereby the rollers may be manually turned when the gear 11 is disconnected so as to assure accurate operation of the ap-- paratus.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be apparent that I provide a signal device which is automatically operated to give visual indication to passengers as to the next street and the number isgiven and by manually operating the roll 8 indication is also given as to the direction in which the car is travelling.

It is, of course, to be understood the invention may be constructed in various other manners and the parts associated in different relations, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in the claim hereunto appended.

' Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

In a device of the character described a casing having a plurality of sight openings in its front wall, a pair of rollers, a train of gears connected to said rollers, for unitary movement an apron passing around the rollers and viewed thru certain of said sight openings, a sleeve mounted in said casing, a pivoted arm for supporting said sleeve, a stub shaft extending thru said sleeve and supported thereby, a gear on one end of the stub shaft cooperating with the train of gears, a flexible shaft connected to the other end of the stub shaft, drive mechanism mounted on one axle of a car and connected to said shaft for imparting movement to 0 the rollers, yielding means for normally rotaining the gear on the stub shaft in engagement with the train of gears and a hand Wheel connected to one of said rollers for manually operating the same When said gear 15 is thrown into inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDWARD J. LARABEE. 

